The Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta This Wednesday became the new ‘King of America’ after being the most voted footballer in the 40th edition of the traditional survey ‘America responds to El País’which chooses the best player on the continent every season.
The Brazilian midfielder Flemish won with 62.8% of the votes, while Lionel Messi finished second with 14.8% and Adrián ‘Wonder‘ Martínez was third with 5%.
On this occasion, 264 journalists from 16 American countries voted in the survey by the Uruguayan newspaper El País, which meant a record in both participation and the number of nations.
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Born in the city of New Berlin in June 1994, the new ‘King of America‘ He began his career at Defensor Sporting and then defended the Brazilians Cruzeiro and Flamengo, a club he joined in 2019.
There he won the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship last season as a figure of his team.
The number 10 was chosen as the best player of the continental competition and was Flamengo’s top scorer and top assister in the league at the local level. He also sealed his ticket to the 2026 World Cup.
Throughout his career, he also played 58 games for the Uruguayan national team, in which he scored 13 goals. With the ‘Celeste‘He played two World Cups and four editions of the Copa América.
With the coronation of De Arrascaeta, a Uruguayan was elected again ‘King of America’ after ten years. The previous one was Carlos Sanchez in 2015.
In the survey, journalists also chose the best eleven on the continent, which was made up of Agustín Rossi; Danilo, Gustavo Gómez, Leo Pereira; Guillermo Varela, Santiago Sosa, Erick Pulgar, Giorgian de Arrascaeta; Juan Manuel López, Adrián Martínez and Lionel Messi.
The prize ‘King of America’ It has been delivered by the newspaper El País since 1986. Since that moment, the footballer who has stood out the most is the Argentine Carlos Tevez, who won it three times.
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In two he was conquered by the Colombian Carlos Valderrama, the Argentine Juan Sebastián Verón and the Brazilian Neymar.
Meanwhile, Antonio Alzamendi, Rubén Paz, Bebeto, Raúl Amarilla, Oscar Ruggeri, Raí, Cafú, Enzo Francescoli, José Luis Chilavert, Marcelo Salas, Martín Palermo, Javier Saviola, Romario, Juan Román Riquelme and José Saturnino Cardozo won it once.
Also, Matías Fernández, Salvador Cabañas, Andrés D’Alessandro, Ronaldinho, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Carlos Sánchez, Miguel Borja, Luan, Gonzalo Martínez, Gabriel Barboza, Marinho, Julián Álvarez, Pedro Guilherme, Germán Cano and Luiz Henrique.
EFE
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